Riots rock Northern Algeria

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Algiers - Outbreaks of violence which the Algerian press described as "riots" by disaffected youth have broken out in the past few days in several northern cities and towns, newspapers reported on Tuesday.

Youths protesting against unemployment, water shortages and what they called the failure of authorities to come up with promised development programmes took place in the Mediterranean coast town of Skikda, in Tizi Ouzou and Bouira, both main towns in the northeastern Kabylie province, and in Tiaret, 300km west of Algiers, the papers said.

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